Jewelry guard



.L. l. SCHLOSS\ JEWELRY GUARD. APPLICATION FILED APR-22, i921.

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Leon 3. sex-moss, or SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

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Application .filed April 22, 1921-. Serial No. 463,504.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON J SorILoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewelry Guards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards for jewlry, and the primary. object-ofthe invention is to provide an improved device for preventing theaccidental displacement of all kinds of jewelry, such as cuff links,brooches, fraternity pins or the like, from the parts of the clothingwith which they are associated, and the consequent loss thereof.

Possibly of all jewelry, more cuff links are position.

lost than any other kind, andmoretrouble has arisen in keeping the samein correct The continual loss thereof has given way to using of cheapcuff links and while jewelers and others have made considerableexperiments in an effort to provide a suitable guard for cuff links, nosatisfactory guard has yet been placed upon the market. The guards whichhave been so far designed, are more or less clumsy and can be easilyseen, thusdetracting frointhe appearance of the cuff links.

It is therefore a further object the invention to provide a guard whichis particularly adaptable for cuff links and which embodies a memberarranged "to protrude through the out! having an adjustable head adaptedto frictionally engagethe cuff and to absolutely preclude.displacementof the link from the cuff or-movement thereof on thecufi'. i i l A stillfurther object of the invention is to provide an improved losspreventing guard which can b'eeither placed upon the jewelry at the timeof manufacture thereof or can be sold as an independent article of manuclaimed and illustrated in the accompanymg drawings, formingapart ofthis specification, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevationof a softcuif with one flap thereof turned;back, showing a cuff link in position thereon provided with the improvedguard. a

Fi ure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of a cud link or button, showingthe improved guard incorporated therewith, the adjust able head. or nutof the guard being shown 1n section. I i t Figure 3 is an end elevationof a starched cuff showing a cuff link or button connected theretoprovided with a modified form of the guard.

Figure 4lS an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the cuff buttonprovided with a modified form of guard, and

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of a ward which is adapted to besecured to on llnks or other article of jewelry after the same has beenmanufactured and placed upon the market.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,the letter A indicates the improved guard and B a cuff link or buttonassociated with a cuff C, which is of the unstarched or French rollvariety.

While the improved guard has been shown 1n connection with a cuffbutton, for which it has been primarily designed, it is. to beunderstood that the same is to be used with any type of jewelry which.is susceptible of being lost, such as breast pins, brooches, fraternitypins, stick pins andthe like.

The button orcuff link B which has merely beenshown for the purpose ofillustrating one use of the invention is ofthe ordinary or anypreferredconstruction. and as shown includes the connecting shank 10, therelatively large head 11. which is usually ornamented, and therelatively small head 12. The connecting shank 10 for the heads 11 and12 is of course arranged substantially at the central portion of thehead and is adapted to extend through the button holes 13 in the innerand outer flaps 14: and 15 of the cuff C which is also of the usual orany preferred construction. i

i The improved guard Aincludes a stud or post 16, the inner end of whichis adapted to be secured in any preferred manner to the inner surfaceofthe enlarged head 11. The

' 11, it is also to be understood that the same can be, if so desired,secured to the inner surface of the relatively small head 12. The

' stud or post 16 is provided with external screw threads and the freeend thereof is sharpened as at 17. The sharpened end of the stud or postpermits the same to be readily pushed through the shirt sleeve or cuffwith which it is associated, and prevents the cutting of the materialfrom which the cuff is made as the stud or post is of cylindrical shapeand the pointed end thereof merely parts or spreads the threads.

A nut or head 18 is'provided for the threaded stud or post '16 and thisnut is of a novel form, so as to be particularly'adaptable forthepurpose intended. The head or nut 18 is provided with an inwardlyextending axial bore 19 for receiving the stud or post 16, and can be,if so desired, provided with an annula'r flange 20 whichcan have itsouter surface serrated or milled so as to permit the ready rotation. ofthe head or nut. The head or nut 18 directly inward of the flange 20 hasits outer surface provided withan annular concaved groove 22, whichdefines a relatively small base 23, and it can be seen that when thedevice is in use, the relatively small base 23 will engage the fabric ofthe cuff and tend to bite into the same without tearing the threadsthereof and the base "will also tend to force the material out aroundthe annular groove 22. p The outer surfaceof the head 18 is preferablyformed rounded, as at 24;, so as to provide a non-abrading smoothsurface for engaging the oppositeinner surface of the outer ply orflap14 of the cuff, so as to prevent the tearingthereo f, and

this smooth surface of the head'also protects the users arm or hand fromthe pointed end 17 of the stud or post 16. This form'ofcuff guard isparticularly adaptable for'the soft cuff but isnot limited to such use.

In use of the improved guard, the cuff'but- 'ton is'first insertedthrough the button'holes 13 at one end of the cuff 'and the stud or post16 is then inserted through one-flap, say the outer flap 15 of the cuffC, after which the nut or head 18 is threaded into tight engagement withthe material from whichthe cuff is formed. This absolutely holds thecuff link against turning movement on the cuff and prevents'theaccidental loss thereof and-the guard is'entirely hidden from view.

'struction or make.

The modified form of attachment designated by the numeral D alsoincludes a threaded post or stud 29, which is secured in any preferredmanner in spaced relation to the shank 27 to the inner surface of therelatively large head 25 and this threaded shank is adapted to be forcedthrough the plies of the cuff F. The outer end of the stud or post 29 isalso pointed as at 30 so as to facilitate the pushing of the studthrough the plies of the cuff and the pointed end is also adapted tospread the threads of the plies instead of cutting the same through.

The head or nut for the stud 29 includes a tubular body 31, the lowerend of which is provided with a flared base 32, which might be.described as a concavo-convex disc. The inner surface of the tubularbody 31 is provided with an internally threaded bore 33 for thereception of the pointed stud, and in order to act as a guard for thestud, a ring or eye 34 is provided. This ring or eye 34 extends in thesame plane as the tubular body 31 and has its terminals secured theretoand the body portion of the eye or ring extends diametrically across theouter end of the body in spaced'relation thereto. This ring or eye 34also forms a handle for facilitating the rotation of the head or nut. Ifso desired the outer edge of the flared base 32 may be serrated ormilled so as to permit a ready grip to be obtained thereon so as tofacilitate turning of the nut or head. It also can be seen that owing tothe fact that the flange or disc is outwardly curved trans- 'versely,the flange will have a tendency to 'threadedon the stud. so as to forman intimate contact with the cuff and thereby prevent accidentalrotation of the head on the stud.

In use of this form of the invention, the guard is used inexactlythesame manner as the uard shown in Figures 1 and 2 and the head 26 isinserted through one of the holes 28 of the cuff F and the threaded stud29 is forced through the fabric after which the head or nut is threadedthereon into tight engagement with the cuff.

The head is then inserted through the other button hole.

In taking off the shirt at night, the cuff "buttons may notflbe removedfrom the cuff unless desired, as the :loss thereof is absolutelyprecluded by the guard.

In Figure 5 of the drawings is shown a novel form of the guard which isadaptedv to be placed upon all types of jewelry which are already on themarket or in actual use, and as shown this guard which isdesignated bythe letter (Bl includes a flat disc shaped base plate 35, having securedat the axis thereof in any preferred manner the outwardly extendingthreaded stud 36, which has the outer end pointed as at 37. This stud 36is adapted to receive a head or nut 38 which can be constructed similarto the head shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, or similar to thehead or nut shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

The base plate 35is adapted to be secured to the article of jewelry withwhich the guard is to be associated by solder or the like and the guardis then usedin the same manner as the guards shown in Figures 1 to 4:inclusive as heretofore described.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that an exceptionallysimple and durable guard has been provided for all kinds of jewelry,which will effectively hold the same in position against accidentaldisplacement or loss.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit orscope of this invention; but,

I claim:

1. In a device for preventing loss of jewelry, the combination with abody having an attaching shank, of a guard therefor including a studsecured to the body in spaced relation to the attaching shank and alocking member carried by the stud arranged to be moved into tightengagement with the material with which t he'body and shank isassociated.

2. In a device for preventing loss of jewelry, the combination with abody, an attaching shank carried by the body, of a guard for the bodyincluding a threaded stud carried by the inner surface of the body andarranged to extend through the fabric with which the article of jewelryis worn, and a head threaded upon said stud arranged to move intoengagement with said fabric.

3. In a device for preventing loss of jewelry, the combination with abody, and an attaching shank, of a guard for the body including aninwardly extending pointed threaded stud carried by the body andarranged in spaced relation with the attaching shank, the stud beingadapted to be forced through the threads of the fabric with which thearticle of jewelry is associated, and a nut threaded upon said stud andarranged to be forced into engagement with the fabric through which thestud protrudes, and means carried by said nut arranged to protect thepointed end of the stu 4. In a device for preventing loss of jewelry,the combination with a body having an attaching shank, of a guard forthe body including an externally threaded stud having its inner endsecured to the body in spaced parallel relation with the attachingshank, the free end of said stud being pointed for faciltating theforcing of the stud through the fabric with which the piece of jewelryis associated, a locking member for the guard including a body providedwith an internally threaded bore arranged to receive the stud, aperipheral flange formed on the body, and a smooth protecting membercarried by the body arranged to overlie the.

pointed end of the stud.

5. The combination with a cuff link including a pair of spaced heads anda shank connectin said heads, of a guard for preventing tlie loss ofsaid link including an externally threaded stud secured to one ofsaidheads in spaced relation to said shank and a nut threaded upon saidshank.

6. The combination with an article of jewelry, including a body and anattaching shank, of a loss preventing device therefor including athreaded stud secured to the body in spaced parallel relation to theshank, one end of the stud being pointed, a head for association withthe stud including a tubular internally threaded body, an outwardlyextending annular flange formed on the body curved transversely in crosssection, and a ring secured to the tubular body and extendingdiametrically across the outer end thereof.

LEON I. SCHLOSS.

